Combined collar-button and tie-holder.



4 0 9 1 L 3 Y A G om 1 1 L 7 0- N APPLICATION FILED OOT. 6,1903.

N0 MODEL.

JM/mzz 7126127} I M I UNITED STATES JOHN :WEEVER, or EVANsVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PAUL s Patented May 31, 1904.

' wnnvnugor MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

COMBINED COhLAR-B UTTON AN D 'TlE -HOLDE-R. 4 a

\ srncn rcn'rxon minin part of Letters Patent 0. 7e1,1 1s,uat a vfa 31, 1904.

" 4 Application filed October 6, 903.

- Be it known that 1, JOHN B; WEEVER, a citi zen of the UnitedjStates, residing at Evans:

ville, in the county of'V'anderburgand State of Indiana, have invented new and useful 1m provements in a Combined (Joll'afiButton and Tie-Holder, of which the following is a' speci fication.

' This invention relates to a combined collar button and tie-holder, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, light, and dura ble device of the character referred to which may be readily applied and removed and which when in place will afford a convenient and eflicient means for fastening the collar to the neckbandof a shirt and will support the col lar and cause it to lie flat against the neckband and prevent it from flaring 'outward and will hold the necktie inplace on the'collar.

To these ends'my invention consists in'the features and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of" parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out'in the claims following the description, reference being had to. the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an enlargedperspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a view showing it applied to a standing collar. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing it applied to a turneddown collar, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the device applied to a turned-down collar and having a bow-tie applied thereto. In constructing my improved device a piece of wire is bent back upon itself midway between its ends to form two bights 1 1, which together form a flat loop 2. The end portions of the Wire are then bent rearwardly parallel to one another centrally of said loop to form a shank 3. The two portions of the wire are then bent in opposite directionsand are curved downwardly, as indicated at 4, in bow shape and are then bent vertically upward, as at 5, to a point considerably above the horizontal plane of the loop 2, and the ends are finally bent vertically downward, as at 6, thus forming two loops 7 which are open at their lower ends. To the wire immediately in rear of the Serial No. 176,001. (No model.)

shank 3 is rigidly attached aflat shank 8, to the rear end "of which is attached a hinged button 9 of ordinary andwell-known construction. The flatsha'nk 8- in practice may conveniently be attached-to the wire by soldering it thereto, the solder 10 also serving tounite the two portions ofthe wire forming theshank 3 of the flat loop 2, or 'the' shank may be secured to the wire by brazing or by any means suitable for the purpose.

In usingmy improved device the hinged button 9 is first'turned down until it lies in approximately the same plane with the shank 8, and it is then passed through the button hole oriholes inthe neckband of the shire after which the hinged button is'turned at a right angle to the fiat shank, as usual. The device is thus attached to the neckband of theshirt PATENT QFFICE'."

In applying the device tothe neckband the flat shank Sis so inserted in the button hole or holes of the neckband that the free ends of the wire constituting the open' loop will project downwardly, as shoWninFig. 1 of the drawings.

. fes n ins co ari W rm the end of the collar are passed behind the loop 7, and the flat shank 2 of the wire-holder is passed through the buttonholes of the ends of the collar, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The loop 7 will thus project over the lower edges of the collar ends and will hold the collar fiat against the neckband of the shirt, thus preventing the collar from flaring outward, and will also hold the collar down in place neatly about the neckband. The ends of the necktie are passed through the loops 7 outside the collar and are then tied, the tied portion of the necktie concealing the loops from view, the other portion of the device being concealed by the band. The necktie is thus prevented from riding up on the collar, and the tie is held in its correct position.

The device may be used in the same manner with a turned-down collar excepting that the device is inverted, as shown in Fig. 3, and the upturned end 6 of the loops in such case 'lie between the two-folded portions of the-collar. The ends .of the tie in such case will pass between the ends 6 of the loops and the neckband portion of the collar and after the necktie has been tied will be held snugly in place.

If'a bow-tiei-s to be Worn-(always,-of course, with a turned-down collar.)-that is to say, a tie known to the trade as a butterfly-tie, which comprises a piece of material tied in the form of a bow andsewed together to hold the parts in place and a stiff back, usu-v ally made of pasteboard or similar material and approximately crescent-shaped, the bow being stitched to such backing andprov'ided on its rear side with an elastic loop 12said elastic loop-is buttoned over the flat-loop 2, (the holder being in the position shown in FigsQS and 4,) and the ends of the backing 11 are passed through the open loops 7, and the latter hold the backing in p'laceand prevent the same from tilting upor down at either end, thus holding the tie perfectly horizontal. Should the-backing of such tie .be'not provided with the elastic loop or should such elastic loop become broken, stretched, ordetached,as is very frequently the case, the bow will still be securely held in place, the loops operating to hold the ends of the bow up and within the collar, and the tie portion of the bow, which lies outside of the collar, operating to prevent any endwise movement of the bow, such result being obtained by the coactionof the bow and the collar edges.

By -hinging the button 9 to its shank, as

shown, the button may very easily and readily slip in and out of thebuttonhole of the neckband of the shirt, and byproviding the flatshank 8 the device is held in a horizontal position and prevented from turning in the I buttonhole.

In removing the collar and tie it is unnecessarytoremove the device from the neckband of the shirt, and it may be left therein as long Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of the character described, comprising abow-shaped wire provided centrally with a flat loop extending in front of the bow .and the wire bent at its'ends to form vertical loops open at their lower ends, and a button .rigidly attached to the rear central portion of the bow, substantially as described.

4 2. A device ofthe character described, comprising a bow-shaped wireprovided centrally with a flatloop extending in front of the bow and the-wi-rebent at its ends to'form vertical loops open at their lower ends, and a hinged button rigidly attached to the-rear central portion of the bow, substantially asdescribed.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a bow-shaped-wire bent at its ends to form verticalloops open at their lower ends and provided centrally with a flat elongated 'loop extending in front of the bow, a flat shank rigidly attached to the central rearportion of said bow, and a button hinged to the rearend JOHN B. WEEVER. Witnesses:

J. W. LAUER, JOHN BRowNLEE. 

